Ather El Tahir

For the Pakistani civil servant, see Athar Tahir.

Ather El Tahir Babikir Mohamed (Arabic: اطهر الطاهر; born 24 October 1996) is a Sudanese footballer who plays as a right-back for Sudanese club Al-Hilal Club and the Sudan national team.

Ather El Tahir

Personal information
Full name	Ather El Tahir Babikir Mohamed[1]
Date of birth	(1996-10-24) 24 October 1996 (age 28)
Place of birth	Khartoum, Sudan[1]
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)[2]
Position(s)	Right-back
Team information
Current team	Al-Madina SC
Number	30
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2014–2020	Al-Hilal Omdurman		(14)
2020–2022	Smouha	25	(2)
2022–2024	Al-Hilal Club
2024-	Al-Madina SC
International career‡
2015–	Sudan	47	(8)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 16:33, 27)1 September 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 00:08, 9 January 2022 (UTC)

Career statistics

International

As of match played 23 March 2023^[3]

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Sudan	2015	8	5
	2016	5	0
	2017	3	1
	2018	4	0
	2019	7	0
	2020	6	1
	2021	7	1
	2023	2	0
Total		46	8

Scores and results list Sudan's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each El Tahir goal.

List of international goals scored by Ather El Tahir

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition	Ref.
1	23 November 2015	Bahir Dar Stadium, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia	Malawi	1–1	1–2	2015 CECAFA Cup
2	27 November 2015	Bahir Dar Stadium, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia	Djibouti	1–0	4–0	2015 CECAFA Cup
3				3–0
4				4–0
5	3 December 2015	Addis Ababa Stadium, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia	Rwanda	1–0	1–1	2015 CECAFA Cup
6	9 June 2017	Al-Ubayyid Stadium, El-Obeid, Sudan	Madagascar	1–2	1–3	2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
7	6 November 2020	Addis Ababa Stadium, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia	Ethiopia	1–2	2–2	Friendly
8	11 June 2021	Al-Hilal Stadium, Omdurman, Sudan	Zambia	2–0	3–2	Friendly